Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-06-23

an active. energetic fDol-killer. One who
/ would 60 % woik searlessly and clear out
the weather cranks. Spring poets and
snow poets are abused and Tidicuied but
they are white robed and iour-winged
angels compared with the weather crank.
They put their doggerer in writing and
people can read it If they are fools enough
10 do so or LET il alone. But the weather
crank pours his one idea continually in
your ears and nobody seems TO hare cour
age enough TO put him out OF the way.
AS you start down the street in the morn
ing, with the thermometer at y3 in the
shade, you are greeted with, as il warm
enough for you:" You look up and there
is the same man, who, when you were on
your way TO business last winter, with the
very marrow in your bones nearly frozen
and icicles hanging from your beard,
stopped you and deliberately informed you
that it was u cold day.
When one is sweltering under the rays
of an oyerheated sun and perspiring from
every pore, the man who will come up TO
| you and with deliberation and malice afore-
thought proceed to inform you that at is
hot OF ask '>is il warm enough for your"
ought to be confined in 6xs room, with
out ventilation, and he made to sleep every
night during the heated term on a redhot
| gridiron. 80
Then there is the man with the cabbage
laaf in his hat and the man with the wet
cloth in his hat. You have TO contend
with each of these at nearly every corner
and listen 10 their theories on prevention of
sunstroke. What such people were made
for and what use they are in community
is as mysterious as the mission of the
| housefiy Yet they live and thrive, in-
crease and multiply and are as thick as
house-fies and infinitely worse and ten
times more annoying.
The hot weather however has not had
any perceptible effect upon the ardor of the
politicians. The fight is hotter than the
weather. As ! predicted in my. last, the
battle in the City has turned out to be u
I thiOO NVhtGct AtO O1uAh
be formed of the three democratic factions
and each is going into the primaries on its
own hook. There is the reddest kind of
blood on the moon, and every inch of
/ ground will be stubbornly contested. This
will only be at the primaries however.
/ For, as was also predicted, there will be
no separate independent party. The Nor
rison wing who started the reform move
are satisfied that the primaries will be con-
Quoted fairly and will abide by the result.
As this has been settled they may probably
be further conciliat d by the general en-
dorsement of their candidate, Edgar ii.
Cans, for States Attorney.
Some funny things happen sometimes in
politics. The Slater men down in the First
Ward have brought ont Alexander Abbott,
Il consistent member of the Broadway
Methodist Church as their candidate for
the House of Delegates. The Rasin men
have endorsed ". II. Thompson recent
convert TO democracy He is clear-head-
ell business man, has never dabbled in pol
itics and will have the support of the pack
ers and oystermen regardless. of faction.
The contest between them will be close.
There are no new developments in the
GGbernatorial question. Roberts is still
the only man who is making an open fight,
but some say he started to boom too early
The other booms are being worked quietly
and believe the one for Compton is still
in the lead.
The trial of tie Judges and Clerks of the
municipal election last fall, for the second
precinct Of the Thirteenth Ward, for max
ing fraudulent returns, now going on in
the Criminal Court, attracts much attention
and causes good deal OF gossip. The case
looks bad for the traversers. The ward is
one Of Morrisons stIongholds and this az
fair has not added TO the Crescent Chiefs
popularity, although he is not responsible
for it. II has also probably lessened I'm
Gle" George Colton's chances for election To
the ward, as he and Morrison are now play
ing on the same horn.
Colonel Fred Rainc. of the German OR.
respondent, United States consul at Berlin.
Is home on brief visit. The people did
no. turn out and tender him an ovation
but "Fritz" would mt let them forget that he
is still consul with 4 big c. Rc got up a
mutual admiration meeting among his
employees and himself Saturday night.
\ number of prominent citizens were invit-
ed, some Of whom accepted. The Mayor
was among the invited but strange TO say
he was not present He probably stayed
away because all the speeches were in
German and he didn't know how "a
say n" in the Teutonic language. The
affair was gotten up in pretty good style
and Consul Fritz" like Scott Keys striped
flag lis still there"
Among the good people of St Mary's who
honored Baltimore with their presence las
week Were Mrs. Herbert +. Moore, Mrs. c
I J. Duant, Mrs. Alexander Milbura. Mrs
ID. Hammett Judge J. Parran Crane, DIR
J. I. Reeves, DIR. John NJ. Bronze, Messrs
Theo. Harrison, J. Walter Carpenter, E ii
Jones, Geo. f. Mattingley, w. G. Bond, +
c. Davis and others
The tobacco market has been a little OF
lately. Some of the commission mel
charge up the drop in prices TO the buye
for the French market The matter wa
told 10 me the other day in this way. Il
: anticipation of securing :the French con
tract the buyer bought heavily year az
; OF French stock when prices were low, an
this spring nan up prices in order 10 keel